Order of the High Court of Uttarakhand (WPPIL No. 202 OF 2024 with WPPIL NO.174 OF 2024) in the matter of mining operations in Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand. The order was passed by the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court Guhanathan Narendar and Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari. In compliance with the …
Jaiswal: Govt Inked Power Pacts Bhubaneswar: Union coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Friday denied any corruption in allocation of coal blocks, but said whether the allocated companies misused the coal can only be ascertained after an inquiry. “Successive governments pursued a policy of allocating coal blocks to private companies to …
Sandur, a region once known for its pristine hills and its lush green forests, today, is stripped of not only its beauty but its character too; all for the murky ore, needed to build and propagate the 'great human civilization'.
Probe agency says AMC mined 40,000 tonnes of ore illegally The CBI, in its charge sheet in the illegal mining case pertaining to the Associated Mining Company (AMC), has quantified the loss caused to the State exchequer at Rs 480 crore. The CBI had registered an FIR in the AMC …
The CBI on Wednesday filed a chargesheet, along with 18,327 documents in nine trunks, against G Janardhana Reddy and six others in a case related to illegal iron ore mining by the former minister’s Associated Mining Company in Bellary. The CBI has estimated the loss to the state exchequer from …
New Delhi: Team Anna on Wednesday refused to back off from its demand for an “independent” probe into its charge that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was culpable in ‘coalgate’, despite Singh’s offer to quit public life if there was even a shred of proof against him. The activists led by …
Despite the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation allocating Rs925 crore on the road improvement project initiated last year, it is all set to spend Rs 56 crore for filling potholes this year, a move which has raised eyebrows among opposition leaders. The huge allocation of money in the ongoing road improvement project …
An IAS officer and an IFS officer are among the seven people set to be chargesheeted on Wednesday by the Central Bureau of Investigation, alongside former Karnataka minister and businessman G Janardhana Reddy, following a probe into the illegal mining activities by the Associated Mining Company (AMC) run by the …
Dismissing allegations of corruption against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh levelled by Team Anna, Coal Minister Sri Prakash Jaiswal on Sunday said all decisions on allocation of coal blocks were taken with the consent of the state governments in a transparent manner. “Not a single coal block has been allotted without …
DIPHU: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), was introduced with an objective to provide legal guarantee of 100 days of wage in a financial year to every rural household, whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work at the minimum wage rate as has been prescribed …
A minister in Ivory Coast has been sacked over his alleged role in the disappearance of millions of dollars meant for victims of pollution. Adama Bictogo says he has not done anything wrong. The case relates to a 2006 incident in which thousands became ill after toxic waste was dumped …
With the Union Cabinet not taking up the much-anticipated amendments in the Lokpal Bill on Thursday, the fate of the anti-corruption legislation is now in a limbo. UPA strategists had earlier decided to bring a couple of amendments in the legislation and place it for passage in the Rajya Sabha …
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is faced with the catch-22 situation after the National Accountability Bureau has raised 22 objections on the transparency of the Rs.6.5 billion LED streetlights project. “We raised 22 objections on the tendering process as well as CDA’s objectives behind launching this multibillion rupees project,” said …
Incriminating documents seized, says investigating agency The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches on the premises of former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, members of his family, Prerana Education Trust run by them and two mining companies in Bangalore, Shimoga and Bellary in the early hours of Wednesday. The …
A study on irrigation projects across the state has exposed corruption to the tune of Rs26,000 crore in the sector in the last decade. The irrigation ministry says the total expenditure in the past 10 years has not exceeded Rs42,000 crore. However, the budget approved shows the expenditure as Rs70,000 …
LUCKNOW: Facing flak for the tardy pace of investigation in the NRHM scam, the CBI has demanded for extra hands to help it cope up with the work pressure. In a letter sent to DGP UP last Monday, its Delhi headquarters has requested additional "manpower and material" in view of …
Eleven state governments have enacted Right-to-Public-Services laws in the last couple of years without any pressure from the centre. All except one of these states are in the Hindi heartland which is known for its fractured polity. These enactments are perhaps an attempt to regain the faith of the middle …
Both documents extensively discuss need for competitive bidding for scarce natural resources The fate of the Ashok Chawla Committee report on the allocation of natural resources suggests a wider government unwillingness to accept competitive bidding, auctions and market-linked pricing for scarce, natural resources lies at the heart of its 2G …
The four years of ‘black gold rush period’ from 2006 was in no way less a scam than the 2G spectrum allocation: BJP The Opposition criticised the functioning of the coal ministry in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, alleging irregularities in coal block allocation in 2006-2009. BJP charged that the …
Government officials and functionaries still shudder at the name of Fatehpura taluka in Dahod, a tribal district in Gujarat. In August 2010, India’s first union of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) workers, called the Rashtriya Rojgar Khatri Kamdaronu Kayda Union (RRKKKU), had exposed a massive scam in which …
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested former deputy conservator of forests (Bellary) S Muthaiah and former deputy director of mines and geology department (Hospet, Bellary) S P Raju in connection with an illegal mining case involving the Associated Mining Company (AMC). The AMC is owned by former …
